Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American author of fiction. She was born in Portland, Maine, and was raised in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire. Her father was a science professor, and her mother taught high school. After graduating from Bates College, she spent a year in Oxford, England, followed by studies at law school for another year. In 1982 she graduated with honors, and received both a law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and a Certificate of Gerontology from the Syracuse School of Social Work. That year her first story was published in New Letters magazine. Strout moved to New York City, and continued to write stories that were published in literary magazines, as well as in Redbook and...